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The singles final at the WTA 250 Chennai Open between Indonesia’s Janice Tjen and Poland’s Magda Linette was postponed due to rain and poor air quality 🚨 The contest will now be held at 11 a.m. on October 9, the reserve day for the tournament. ✍️: @nihitsachdeva28 🔗: shorturl.at/T8l8t | 📸: R. Ragu #ChennaiOpen #WTA250

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 🎾 @nihitsachdeva28 explains why the WTA 250 will move from India to Manila from next year onwards 🇮🇳➡️🇵🇭 #WTA250 #ChennaiOpen2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘂, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮, 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴’ 🗣️ The home crowd had come expecting a victory, and its favourite had every reason to believe she could deliver one. The World No. 1 had swept through the 2026 Korea Open without dropping a game, arriving at Sunday’s final against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi with an extraordinary winning streak intact. Yamaguchi had beaten An Se-young in the Korea Open 2025 final, but in their summit clash in the 2026 edition, it was the South Korean who had the last laugh 🇰🇷🏸 ✍️: @pavithra_anil43 🔗: shorturl.at/ftacu | 📸: AP #AnSeyoung #KoreaOpen2026

"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲." Defending champion and top seed Janice Tjen of Indonesia spoke about playing the Chennai Open with firecrackers bursting in the background. 📹 @nihitsachdeva28 #WTA #ChennaiOpen #Diwali2026

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢! Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale have become the first-ever all-Indian pair to reach a doubles final at a WTA Tour event 🎾 They achieved this feat after winning 6-2, 2-6, [10-8] against Poland's Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith of the US in the WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026 semifinals. The Indians will face the Swiss duo of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert in the final. #WTA #chennaiopen #Tennis 📷 SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫." Rutuja Bhosale and Vaishnavi Adkar speak after reaching the Chennai Open final, becoming the first all-Indian duo to reach the doubles summit clash of a WTA Tour event. They also spoke about the WTA 250 event being moved from Chennai to Manila from next year, and what it meant to them. 📹 @nihitsachdeva28 📷 R. Ragu #WTA #chennaiopen

🚨 HISTORY MADE IN DAKAR! 🚨 🇮🇳 India's Tanvi Patri wins silver at the Youth Olympics, the first-ever women's singles medal at this event for India. The 15-year-old won the first game, lost the second and was trailing 10-19 at one point in the third but fought back to even scores at 20-20. But her opponent, China's Zhang Yi Xin, prevailed. A 26-point final game! 🤯 Tanvi joins silver medallists Lakshya Sen and H.S. Prannoy in the Youth Olympics medallists club! 👏 #IndianBadminton

🚨 BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal career is officially over 👀 CR7's big decision to retire comes after a public spat with coach Jorge Jesus. Here's a look at his legacy and numbers for the Seleção das Quinas ▶️ bit.ly/4zys9CU

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐔𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐬 🗣️ While OnlyFans has a certain perception amongst the general public about it being only about the adult content, Panna Udvardy shared that it is trying to change that image, which encouraged her to make the decision to join the platform. Read more here: bit.ly/3Wr7ty3 ✍️& 📹: @nihitsachdeva28 #ChennaiOpen #Tennis

𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 🎾 The 17-year-old defeated Poland’s Weronika Falkowska 6-4, 6-3 to book her place in the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 event. Maaya becomes the first Indian woman since Sania Mirza, nearly 15 years ago, to reach a WTA Tour quarterfinal. Read more here: shorturl.at/DOVuq ✍️ & 📹: @nihitsachdeva28 #ChennaiOpen #IndianTennis

✨ A haircut that earned him a nickname ✨ A damaged pair of Reebok shoes ✨ An early-morning visit to the academy ✨ A kit bag balanced on a bicycle 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢 ❤️ Here's a look back at the days when Virat Kohli was still Chiku, a young boy making his mark in Delhi cricket 🙌 On his 38th birthday, @vijaylokapally revisits the memories, friendships and moments that shaped the cricketer we know today 🎂 Read the full piece here: shorturl.at/aCeLK #HappyBirthdayViratKohli

From the ordinary defeats during the day to the special wins under the floodlights, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi and Vaishnavi Adkar have now experienced both the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs at the WTA 250 Chennai Open in the last 12 months 💪🎾 The period between the second and third edition of India’s only Tour-level event comprises the career graphs, showing significant growth of two youngsters who may very well be the future of women’s tennis in India. ✍️: @nihitsachdeva28 🔗: shorturl.at/3GGA9 | 📸: R. Ragu #WTA250 #ChennaiOpen

𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣.𝗩. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗵𝘂, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱. The 31-year-old shuttler talks about how playing back-to-back tournaments affects her, following her recent Hylo Open win 🏸 ✍️: @pavithra_anil43 🔗: shorturl.at/HoW3c #PVSindhu #hyloopen2026

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼-𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 😮‍💨🔥 More from the champion shooter on Sportstar's original series Champions of Tamil Nadu coming soon on YouTube 📱